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I have known Senator Ireti Kingibe since I was a kid. I knew her sister Nene, who was at Queen’s College with my late cousin Dr Doris Fisher, née Amachree, and Stella Amachree. I know […]

Lagos has finally advertised a vacancy: CEO OF THE MEGACITY. Applicants are already everywhere. Their photographs occupy poles, fences, walls and medians. But Lagos says: “I have seen your posters. Now show me your PLAN.” […]

Yesterday in New York, Nigerian delegates staged a well-rehearsed walkout from the United Nations General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium. Dozens of delegates left the hall in protest of Israel’s […]

There was a time when a Lagos Island address was more than an address. If you told a Lagosian that you lived at Number 14, XYZ Street, you were not merely giving directions. You were […]

In those days, there were no filling stations like today and Nigeria had no refinery at all, we didn’t produce petrol until 1965. Here is how it worked: Petrol was imported. Shell D’Arcy, the joint […]

Something strange and relentless is unfolding in Ogun politics. One voice after another is rising against Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly called Yayi, and the pressure is clearly rattling him. What do these people know […]

See ehn, KC boys historically had a major advantage when it came to toasting QC girls. 😂 There was something about a KC boy that made you at least pause and consider the application. You […]

I have been watching the arguments and protests by some Igbo traders over the growing presence of Chinese businessmen at Trade Fair, and honestly, I think we need to look at this issue differently. I […]

Fellow Nigerians, Since May 29, 2023, Nigerians have lived with the consequences of the removal of petrol subsidy without adequate protection for families, workers, farmers and businesses during the transition. For more than three years, […]

Nigerian skit maker and social commentator Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has explained why he became less vocal about the government and stopped publicly airing some of his grievances. The content creator while […]

Marriage is not compulsory for anyone — no religion makes it compulsory. They claim Jesus Christ didn’t marry, Paul never married, even Satan doesn’t have a wife. So if a man wants to marry, that […]

A friend recently asked for my opinion on the growing fracas between Nyesom Wike, a minister from the PDP, and some governors of the APC. This was my response: What we are witnessing is the […]

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VITAL OBITER® I have watched Lere Olayinka, spokesperson to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for some time. And I understand something about carrying another person’s brief. I am an attorney. I receive instructions from clients […]

This is one chronicle I toyed with for a few days to do or not to do… not because I don’t have much to say but because not one size fits all… however in the […]

Election season is here, and Nigerian infrastructure is nervous. Bridges are checking their paint. Trees are praying. Electricity poles are seeking legal advice. Road medians are bracing themselves for another round of unwanted political apparel. […]

There is a rumour crawling through the political underbelly of Nigeria that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after his second term in office, is seriously considering the unthinkable: the formal division of the country. Could it […]

PROTOCOLS Today, I stand before you with a heart full of gratitude, a profound sense of humility and responsibility, and an unshakable faith in the future of our profession. Twenty-four years ago, in August 2002, […]

How Unpaid $100,000 Pledges, Missing Abuja Flats And National Honours May Have Cost Nigeria The 2026 Title. And Why EFCC Must Probe The Football House. From Morocco Glory To Morocco Shame: The Untold Story July […]